Guerrilla Girls
www.guerrillagirls.com
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist artists who have been combatting sexism and racism in the art world since 1985. They wear masks and take pseudonyms of deceased female artists while working to promote gender and racial equality.
3 Ways to Write a Museum Wall Label
Guerrilla Girls
2018
3 Ways to Write a Museum Wall Label serves as a suggestion to museums when they exhibit artists who have been accused or convicted of sexual misconduct or other controversial acts. Specifically, one label demonstrates how museums reacted to Chuck Close’s accusation of harassment against him. Such accusations have caused museums around the world to reconsider exhibiting his work and have led to indefinitely postponing Chuck Close exhibitions.
The Male Graze
Guerrilla Girls
2020
The video, The Male Graze, unveils the history of the objectifying male gaze that is ingrained in media and in the arts. The harm of the male gaze is demonstrated by the misogyny within the arts industry and the failure of cultural institutions to address and reinterpret work that caters to misogyny. The video will be shown at Art Night London 2021.
Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?
Guerrilla Girls
2012
Do Women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum? holds institutions accountable for their lack of representation of women and BIPOC artists in museums, especially when considering that statistically more women attend art school than men. Despite many attempts to address the issue of lack of representation, most of the art in museums continues to be by white men, and further, several pieces objectify women's bodies.
Do Women have to be naked to get into Music Videos?
Guerrilla Girls
2014
Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into Music Videos? recreated and updated the original poster to address the objectification of female bodies in mainstream music videos.
Code of Ethics for Art Museums
Guerrilla Girls
2019
Code of Ethics for Art Museums discusses holding museums accountable for providing contemporary interpretations of the artwork they display.
What to do when Raped
Guerrilla Girls
1992
What to do when Raped is a piece made by the Guerrilla Girls to challenge the justice system. It displays data on rape crimes, arrests and convictions in 1988. Updated data on the same issues can be found below.
In 2019:
- Estimated victims of rape/sexual assault in US: 459,310
- Number of people who were victims: 212,230
- Person-based Prevalence estimate: 168,860
- 33.9% reported to police
Out of every 1000 Sexual Assaults:
- 230 are reported to police
- 46 reports lead to arrests
- 5 cases will lead to a felony
- 4.6 rapists will be incarcerated
Read more updated statistics here.